WL//WH Weekly Shoegaze / Dreampop / Psychedelic / Indie Tips

• York/Leeds, UK shoegaze /dream pop /psych /indie rock band Heavy Bloom “Kelly’s in the Garden” sophomore single
  

Gauzy and suffused, yet laced with intense poignant lyricism, psychedelic-tinged second single from English stargazer foursome, deals with a lost, alienated soul via a sad lens of confusion and compassion, amid soft reflective sways of hypnotic percussions, warm pulsing basslines, shimmery guitar strums and flimsy jangly bittersweet melodies, carrying anxious introspective vocal harmonies, to gently crash in lysergic echoing swells of melancholic despair.

• Italian Dream Pop /Indie Rock /Shoegaze band from Naples, Mary’s Restless Dream “Hide And Sick” single
  

Captivating new single for dynamism and lyricism from Naples‘ quartet, amid Indie Rock and Shoegaze, with a sharp evocative guitar work, a compelling sinuously silky bass along with deep, dark and husky vocalizations a la Michael Stipe, that bursts its way through an echoing insistent whirlwind of achingly emotive ringing guitar riffs, along with snaking warm rippling basslines, and brisk stirring drum beats, embued with excruciating emotional strains, to overwhelm angsty, alienated vocals with toxic, painful waves of sickness, perfection, and isolating dread.

• Greek shoegaze /indie rock five-piece based in Athens, Royal Arch “Twenty Three” single
  

Framed by an impressive cover artwork, another vibrant and electrifying, yet not lacking in refinement, searing burst of Shoegaze-flavored Indie Rock from the Athenian band, with a gripping use of feedback, distortion and driving rhythms, that explores the sad anatomy of addiction at the hands of isolation and betrayal, igniting relentless sizzling outflows from sparkling pain-fueled guitar bleeds, writhing, in nearly tactile plasticity, to caress and pierce with soaring chiming vibrancy in an overflowing of obsessively aching emotions, to overlay detached, wistful vocals, in heavy suffering of hopeless visions.

• Bristol, UK instrumental electronic /post-rock /dream pop solo project Trem 77 “A Headful of Summer” lathe cut 7″ single
  
• UK experimental /soundtrack /vaporwave /chilllwave /electronic producer Macroblank “Nocturnal” from the album “Solstice”
  
• London, UK based ethnic /jazz /pop /psychedelic duo of French multi-instrumentalist Kit Martin and Istanbul‘s singer and multi-disciplinary artist Merve Erdem, aka KIT SEBASTIAN “L’addio” from “L’addio / Hayat ” 7” single on Mr Bongo
  
• Brooklyn, NY ambient /shoegazey /dream pop composer and musician Rosa Pajaro “Memory” single on Open Tab/Fire Talk
  
• Lancaster, Pennsylvania lo-fi dream-pop /indie folk singer-songwriter Tyler Burkhart “Persephone” new single.
  
• Melbourne, Australia-based dream /indie pop singer-songwriter Talae Rodden, aka RICEWINE “Monday_12_6_23” from the demo album “Junk”
  
• Atlanta, GA plunder-folk /dream pop /indie pop project of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Thomas Howard, aka Orchid Mantis “Home in the morning” from the demo album “B-sides & ephemera vol. II (2020–2023)”
  
• UK experimental pop project of Radiohead‘s Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood with Tom Skinner of Sons Of Kemet, aka The Smile “Bending Hectic” new single on Self Help Tapes/XL Recordings
  
• Warsaw-based ambient /classical /avant-pop Polish pianist, composer and musician born in Gdansk, Hania Rani “Dancing with Ghosts ft. Patrick Watson” off upcoming 3rd solo album “Ghosts” on Gondwana Records
  
• Melbourne, Australia synth-pop/dream pop DIY one-girl-project, Japanese Heart Software “Wicked Game” (Chris Isaak cover)
  
• Dublin-based electronic alternative pop 5-piece, The Crayon Set “Sunlounger” single
  
• Sheffield, UK jangle indie pop project of Liam James Marsh (one half of Fine with Alice Kat), aka Kid Chameleon “Swan Song” from double CD/3x LP s/t album (collection of 3 LPs: ‘Unreaching The Reeds (I)’, ‘The Pull of the Bulrushes (II)’ and ‘Tied Up In The Vines (III)” on Subjangle
  
• Portland, OR-based guitar rock /indie power pop band comprised of husband-wife duo Brian Naubert (Tube Top, Pop Sickle, The Service Providers, Ruston Mire) and Heather Larimer (Eux Autres), CORVAIR “Telseless” off the second album “Bound to Be” on wiaiwya and Paper Walls
  
• Michigan-based twee /C86 /indie-pop solo project of London-native Sean Turner AKA The Photocopies “This, That, and the Other” from the upcoming album “Greatest Hits Volume 3” (a collection of songs from EPs released between Autumn 2022 and Summer 2023)
  
• UK indie-pop band featuring Amelia Fletcher and Hue Williams of the Pooh Sticks, Swansea Sound “Keep Your Head On” off upcoming LP “Twentieth Century” on their own label Skep Wax
  
• Norway-based indie rock /power pop and Elephant 6 collective affiliated band, The High Water Marks – “Just An Ordinary Day” from the 5th album “Your Next Wolf”
  
• Murcia, Spain folk /synthpop /shoegaze /indie pop project of Alejandro Martínez (former Klaus&Kinski), ALEXANDERPLATZ “Afectuosamente suyo” 2nd single off upcoming LP “Noches blancas, mañanas negras” via Jabalina Música
  
• Philadelphia‘s indie /jangle /power-pop band led by Matt Scottoline, HURRY “Beggin’ For You” first single from upcoming LP “Don’t Look Back” via Lame-O Records
  
• San Francisco-based indie rock band formed in 1999 by former Korea Girl guitarist-vocalist Tobin Mori and bassist Jay Chow/Che Chou, aka EE “Pilot Fish (hidden track)” (demo) off the cassette deluxe edition of 2002 sophomore album “For 100 we try harder” (with 10 bonus demos, outtakes, and live recordings) on [7th heaven]
  
• San Francisco lo-fi /desert drone /psych /freak folk project Present Electric “Altruistic Person” from s/t album on Paisley Shirt Records
  
• Ireland based pagan /kraut /psychedelic folk project by Paddy Shine (Gnod) and Phil Masterson (Los Langero, Damp How, Bisect), Moundabout – “Sacred & Profane” from the upcoming second album “An Cnoc Mór” on Rocket Recordings
  
• Rotterdam, The Netherlands guitar rock 4-piece LEWSBERG “Without A Doubt” off 2-track cassette single “Without A Doubt / Communion”
  
• Tokyo, Japan bedroom pop /indie rock band The Mighty Project “Wrong Idea” single on BIRTHDIY
  
• Australian surf /indie rock /alternative rock band from Adelaide, POOL TOY “Festival State” from the sophomore EP “Greatest Hits, Volume 2”
  
• Brighton, UK-based seven-piece Art-Rock band, DLD (Developmental Learning Disorder) “Sanity” debut single on Crafting Room Recordings
  
• Lisbon, Portugal bedroom /indie rock /shoegaze /dream pop project of Guilherme Machado Correia, aka Hause Plants “I Think I Might” from “Field Trip To Coney Island” EP via Spirit Goth Records
  
• California based Indie Rock /Dream Pop /Shoegaze /Foogaze solo project Estrada “iwantuall4me” single
  
• French lo-fi bedroom pop /synth pop one-woman band of Julie Margat, aka Lispector “Do you happen?” from the album “The Return of the Old Flame”
  
• Sidney, Australia jangle /indie rock /post-punk /avant-pop band Carnations “Videodrome” from s/t EP via Urge Records
  
• London, UK based experimental /dream pop /alt pop collective FIRESTATIONS “Travel Trouble” second single from the new album “Thick Terrain” – out 14th July 2023 on limited edition 12″ vinyl via Lost Map Records
  
• Tallinn, Estonian shoegaze /dream pop collective Pia Fraus – “Fog on the Hills” from the upcoming album “Evening Colours” [Seksound Records]
• Brisbane-based shoegazey / dream pop band (FKA Syrup Go On), SGO “Pieces of You” single via 4000 Records
  
• Glasgow, UK jangle /dream pop solo project Community Swimming Pool “Head in the clouds (ft Tilda Gratton)” single
  
• Oslo, Norway indie /dream pop solo project Yndling “Make Me Want You” single
  
• Granada, Spain shoegaze /dream pop /noise-pop band, Apartamentos Acapulco “La Persiana” single
  
• Australian shoegaze /dream pop /indie pop trio from Sydney, Grids and Dots “Pink Plaster Walls” single
  
• New York-based shoegaze /jangle /dream pop project of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Patrick J. Smith, aka A Beacon School “Potion” from the upcoming second album “yoyo” on Grind Select
  
• Düsseldorf, Germany post-punk /noise pop /shoegaze /dream pop 5-piece Attic Ocean “Escapades” from the second single “Escapades / Les Yeux Fermés”
  
• Atlanta, Georgia dream pop /slowcore /shoegaze band Kid Fears “Say” from the upcoming second LP “Undying Love”
  
• Australian one-man dream-pop project from Victorian Surf Coast, VULPIX “Vulpine” from the debut album “Innocent Pleasures, Repeated Measures” on Spirit Goth Records
  
• Nashville, Tennessee 3-piece dream pop band The Velvet Air “Dissolve” single
  
• San Juan, Puerto Rico post-punk /shoegaze one-man band Basavriuk “Song of the Sea” from “Howl” EP
  
• Chicago-based Madchester /dream pop /shoegaze band Swooner “Please Let Me Explain” debut single
  
• South Australia-based Dream Pop /Shoegaze one-man band Hey Calamity “Shore Break” single
  
• Moscow, Russia dream pop /shoegaze band Peach Gardens “Sands of Time” from the upcoming EP “In Time and Eternity”
  
• UK shoegaze pioneers Slowdive “Kisses” from the forthcoming 5th album “Everything is Alive” on Dead Oceans
  
• Chicago, IL Noise Rock /Shoegaze /Dream Punk band, Old Coke “Suntinged” from the cassette EP “Seasonal”
  
• Berlin-based dream pop /shoegaze project of German singer/guitarist and producer Kenneth Estrada y Santiago, aka Unkenny Valleys “Freak Me Out” from the LP “GIANT YELLOW EYES”
  
• Italian Shoegaze band from Naples, Mary’s Restless Dream “Hide And Sick” single
  
• Pontianak, Indonesia bedroom shoegaze /indie rock band Lullaville “Alone” (Remastered)
  
• Philadelphia, PA shoegaze band founded in 2019 by Matthew Paul Whiteford, Cigarettes for Breakfast “Defeated” single
  
• Los Angeles/San Francisco-based indie rock /shoegaze /psychedelic rock group FILM SCHOOL “Tape Rewind” from the upcoming LP “Field” on Felte
  
• Montreal, Canadian dreamy shoegaze band led by Jasamine White-Gluz, NO JOY – “Dorion” (Bonus Track) from the album “Wait To Pleasure (10th Anniversary Edition)” vinyl edition on Mexican Summer
  
• Galician post-punk /synthpop /shoegaze /indie rock band Triángulo de Amor Bizarro “La Carretera” from the new album “SED” on Mushroom Pillow
  
• Glasgow, UK shoegaze /alternative rock band Fazed “Blend” single
  
• London based Psychedelic /Shoegaze band Solar Circles “Imagination”
  
• Osaka, Japan dronegazer pop duo ワルプルギスの夜 – 色のない風 – from the EP 極東
  
• Philadelphia post-punk /indie rock /shoegaze project of Tom Lugo (Stellarscope, Cielo Oceano, Dream Turn Black, etc.), PANOPHONIC “Freefall” from the EP “Dissolve” [Patetico Recordings]
• Salem, Virginia ambient /post-rock /shoegaze instrumental project Squared In Reverse “Thought Degraded” from the LP “Ghost Formula”                                                                                                                                   
• Indonesian indie rock /emo quartet from East Java, Eastscape “Mereda/Meredam” off the debut EP “Falsified Pleasure, Blessings Given” on Haum Entertainment and Greedy Dust Records
  
• Toronto, Ontario garage rock /power pop /instrumental project of Tim Cameron and Colin Bartlett, aka CAMERONOISE “Wish You Could See Yourself” from the EP “A Henry Shade of Winkler”
  
• Oakland, CA garage rock band of Rick Kvoriak (Shitty Shitty Band Band), Steve Faine (Hi-Fives), Lucy Watusi (Hondettes) and Dr. Patrick Phelan (Brentwoods), aka Not Yetis “That’s Pretty Cool” from the first album “A Cautionary Tale”                                                                                                                                                      
• Stockholm, Sweden post-punk /dream pop /indie rock 4-piece The Vapour Veils “Sundays” from the 2-track single “Sundays and The Sea”
  
• Montreal indie rock trio Plants and Animals “House On Fire” off the upcoming fifth studio album “The Jungle” via Secret City Records
  
• Chattanooga, Tennessee lo-fi jangle power-pop band Mythical Motors “Cut The Crimson Wire” from the album “Join Her Circus” cassette via LO-FI CITY
  
• Rome, Italy garage /punk /power pop band (ex Mustard), Metal Guru “Samurai” from debut cassette “Metal Guru” EP on Face Melter Records
  
• San Francisco, CA slacker /punk /indie rock /noise-pop band PARDONER “Are You Free Tonight?” from the new LP “Peace Loving People” on Bar/None Records
  
• US retro synthwave /dream pop /dreamwave project Thunder Run “Same Same Same” single
  
• Cologne, Germany yacht rock /Balearic /synthpop project of Marius Lauber aka Roosevelt “Luna” single via Counter Records
  
• Auckland, New Zealand indie rock solo project of Georgia Nott from Broods, Georgia Gets By “Easier To Run” debut single on Luminelle Recordings
  
• Glasgow-based indie folk /pop Irish singer-songwriter Claire McKay AKA Martha Ffion “The Man” from upcoming LP “The Wringer” via Lost Map Records
  
• Mexico City lo-fi bedroom pop /shoegaze /folk / indie rock band Permanent Vacation “Queen Champion” from the single “Queen Champion / Caretakers”
  
• Chicago-based experimental /ambient project of musicians and longtime members of trio Zelienople, Matt Christensen and Brian Harding, aka Orange Capsule “3” from the album “Yellow”